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<h3 class="section">7.4 <code>.altmacro</code></h3>
<p>Enable alternate macro mode, enabling:
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<dt><code>LOCAL <var>name</var> [ , &hellip; ]</code>
<a name="index-LOCAL-name-_005b-_002c-_2026-_005d"></a>
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<dd><p>One additional directive, <code>LOCAL</code>, is available.  It is used to
generate a string replacement for each of the <var>name</var> arguments, and
replace any instances of <var>name</var> in each macro expansion.  The
replacement string is unique in the assembly, and different for each
separate macro expansion.  <code>LOCAL</code> allows you to write macros that
define symbols, without fear of conflict between separate macro expansions.
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<dt><code>String delimiters</code>
<a name="index-String-delimiters"></a>
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<dd><p>You can write strings delimited in these other ways besides
<code>&quot;<var>string</var>&quot;</code>:
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<dt><code>'<var>string</var>'</code></dt>
<dd><p>You can delimit strings with single-quote characters.
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<dt><code>&lt;<var>string</var>&gt;</code></dt>
<dd><p>You can delimit strings with matching angle brackets.
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<dt><code>single-character string escape</code>
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<dd><p>To include any single character literally in a string (even if the
character would otherwise have some special meaning), you can prefix the
character with &lsquo;<samp>!</samp>&rsquo; (an exclamation mark).  For example, you can
write &lsquo;<samp>&lt;4.3 !&gt; 5.4!!&gt;</samp>&rsquo; to get the literal text &lsquo;<samp>4.3 &gt; 5.4!</samp>&rsquo;.
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<dt><code>Expression results as strings</code>
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<dd><p>You can write &lsquo;<samp>%<var>expr</var></samp>&rsquo; to evaluate the expression <var>expr</var>
and use the result as a string.
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